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Sunday Contest Roundup

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

This is the first roundup for this blog, but I have some great contests for you to check out!

Lisa Cooking is giving away some free pizza from Pizza Hut.

Lisa Reviews is giving away 5 pet cameras!

My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings is giving away a $50 Tiny Prints gift certificate.

Lisa Reviews is also giving away a $25 Paper Shouts gift certificate.

My Trendy Tykes is giving away a Go Belly Go maternity necklace.

Strategic Market Segmentation has a great contest.   If you accumulate the most points throughout February, you’ll win use of one week of her timeshare in Branson, Missouri.

Comment, blog about, subscribe, and/or Twitter to enter to win a set of all-natural Happy Fun Dough for kids from dkMommy.

Comment, blog about, subscribe, and/or Twitter to enter to win Hamadi hair wash, conditioner, and healing serum from dkMommy.

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Wednesday’s Hero

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody
Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody
55 years old from Fort Belvoir, Virginia
U.S. Army

Call it breaking the brass ceiling. Ann E. Dunwoody, after 33 years in the Army, ascended Friday to a peak never before reached by a woman in the U.S. military: four-star general.

At an emotional promotion ceremony, Dunwoody looked back on her years in uniform, said it was a credit to the Army?and a great surprise to her?that she would make history in a male-dominated military.

“Thirty-three years after I took the oath as a second lieutenant, I have to tell you this is not exactly how I envisioned my life unfolding,” she told a standing-room-only auditorium. “Even as a young kid, all I ever wanted to do was teach physical education and raise a family.

“It was clear to me that my Army experience was just going to be a two-year detour en route to my fitness profession,” she added. “So when asked, `Ann, did you ever think you were going to be a general officer, to say nothing about a four-star?’ I say, `Not in my wildest dreams.’

“There is no one more surprised than I?except, of course, my husband. You know what they say, `Behind every successful woman there is an astonished man.’”

You can read the rest of Gen. Dunwoody’s story here.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008


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Yeoman 3rd Class Margret Ueberlauer
U.S. Navy

Yeoman 3rd Class Margret Ueberlauer hands out toys to HIV infected children during a community relations project at the Camillian Center in Pattaya, Thailand. The USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.

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